Ships hit by U-boats

City of Mandalay

British Steam merchant

Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection

Name	City of Mandalay
Type:	Steam merchant
Tonnage	7,028 tons
Completed	1925 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland
Owner	Ellerman Lines Ltd, London
Homeport	Liverpool
Date of attack	17 Oct 1939	Nationality: British

Fate	Sunk by U-46 (Herbert Sohler)
Position	44.57N, 13.36W - Grid BE 9169
Complement	80 (2 dead and 78 survivors).
Convoy	HG-3
Route	Saigon - Singapore - Port Swettenham - India - Le Havre - Dunkirk - London - Glasgow
Cargo	General cargo, including tea, rubber and sago
History	Completed in January 1925
Notes on loss	At 08.00 hours on 17 Oct, 1939, U-46 attacked the Yorkshire in the unescorted convoy HG-3 with four rounds from her 8.8cm gun, no hits were scored and as the vessel fired back the U-boat dived. At 16.30 hours, U-46 heard a detonation, this was the hit on the Yorkshire by U-37 (Hartmann). 20 minutes later U-46 fired a G7e torpedo at the City of Mandalay, observed a hit amidships in the engine room and saw the ship listing. A second torpedo fired at 17.00 hours detonated prematurely. The City of Mandalay (Master Alexander Graham Melville) sank a short time later 360 miles west-northwest of Cape Finisterre. Two crew members were lost. The master, 76 crew members and the passenger were picked up by the American steam merchant Independence Hall and landed at Bordeaux.
Crewlists	We have listing of 8 people who were on this vessel

Location of attack on City of Mandalay.

ship sunk.

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